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Polychrome-on-buff bowl: scrolling hooked parrot motif
Polychrome-on-buff bowl: scrolling hooked parrot motif
Object Number 995-29-10/73593
Display Title Polychrome-on-buff bowl: scrolling hooked parrot motif
Descriptions
Object Description Squat polychrome bowl with widest diameter at center and insloping sides. Ten typical intelocking hooked parrot motifs in black and red lying down in diagonal band with hatchered and mottled interior against buff background. Dimensions: 5.0 cm high x 8.7 cm max. dia. * Signed on bottom, Fannie Nampeyo with corn stalk hallmark.
Inventory Description Bowl, miniature, polychrome-on-buff geometric designs, flat base, incurving rim
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960s-1980s
Artist Fannie Polacca Nampeyo
Culture
  • Tewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms First Mesa
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 8.7 x 8.6 cm (1 15/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object "Fannie Nampeyo"; 995-29-10/73593 Fannie Nampeyo
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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